Improvement in cultivators



' J. IMEL,

Wheel-Cultivator.

Patented Jan. 2, 1855.

N-PETER,S, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D. O,

UNITED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

JOHN IMEL, OF LIBERTY, INDIANA.

lM PROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I2,l63, dated January2, 1855.

had to theannexed drawings, making part ofthis specification.

My invention consists of a guard or fender, a, the object of which is toprotect the young sprouting crop from being crushed or bruised beneaththe clods turned over by the inner shares, I) b. This guard a is made ofsheetiron,is somewhat pointed in front, and is bent to the shape of acylinder of diameter somewhat greater than the width of the plate, andis so attached to the beam 0 as to present its concave surface downward.The beam 0 is at front hinged to the under side of the tongue d, andterminates behind in aperforated shank, k, by which its height can beadjusted.

The shares b b c e, either on. one or both sides of the tongue oil, maybe lifted up from the ground, the sh are-stocks being for that purposehinged to a frame, f, projecting laterally from the tongue d, andsupported on runninggear g, of which only one wheel and one half frameare visible in the drawing, the other being counterpart. Thisgreatlylessens the danger of the jerking or sudden checking up of theteam or the tearing off of the shares by opposing obstacles; and bymeans of notched post hand bare one or both sets of shares may bepermanently elevated, so as to enable the machine to'run freely on itsrun ning-gear when I required.

j is a d'rivers seat.

I claim as new and of my invention- The curved and adjustable guardorfender hinged, as described, to a tongue supported upon running-gear. V

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand before two subscribingwitnesses.

JOHN IMEL.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, J 0s. S. PARROTT.

